1.   Although the great majority of school funding and policy comes from states, education consistently tops the list of voter concerns for the presidential election.

2.   And outrage over mounting crime has thrown prison conditions off the list of voter concerns.

3.   And this time, political strategists say, with voter concerns about the economy diminished, Clinton will have to fight hard to win Iowa again.

4.   As expected, education, taxes, Social Security and the economy ranked high on the list of voter concerns.

5.   Both candidates are using this idea of accountability to show they are centrists on education, an issue that ranks high among voter concerns in most polls.

6.   All of this was meant, House Republicans said, to demonstrate their intention to focus less on politics next year and more on voter concerns.

7.   Campaign finance abuses do not rank high on the national scale of voter concerns.

8.   Dicks voiced hope that voter concerns over GOP budget cuts will translate into results at the polls.

9.   He tried to portray himself as the candidate who better understands the needs of working families while depicting Whitman as out of touch with voter concerns.

10.   Hyde denied the voting played a role in the decision to speed up his hearings and cited opinion polls showing impeachment ranked low among voter concerns.